Breuse Saunce Pité

Also known as: Sir Breuse / Sir Breuse Saunce Pité · Family: unknown · Role: knight · First appears: Book VIII, Chapter XXI

In Book VIII, Chapter XXI, Sir Tristram defeated Breuse Saunce Pité in combat, and Breuse yielded and returned the child to the lady. By Book IX, he had slain a lady’s paramour and was chasing her to kill her, while also overthrowing Sir Gawaine and riding over him repeatedly; when Sir Tristram intervened, Breuse recognized him and fled. He later pursued Dame Bragwaine, but fled from Sir Launcelot, and Sir Dinadan wounded him before rescuing the captive lady. Sir Launcelot called him “False knight, destroyer of ladies and damosels, now thy last days be come.”

In Book X, Breuse struck Sir Palomides from his horse and killed the damosel before Sir Palomides could recover. He overthrew Sir Mordred and Sir Agravaine in jousts, but Sir Dinadan later defeated him. Sir Bleoberis denounced him as a traitor for betraying knights and ladies, causing Breuse to flee; he then deceived Sir Ector, Sir Percivale, and Sir Harry le Fise Lake into promising him protection. Sir Palomides eventually overthrew him, but Sir Tristram spared him and let him depart.

By Book XII, Breuse was acting with his brother Sir Bertelot, and together they attacked Sir Bliant, wounding him and forcing him toward his castle. At Castle Blank, Sir Launcelot pulled Sir Bertelot from his horse and struck Breuse so that he fell over his horse’s croup; Sir Bliant then struck off Sir Bertelot’s hand, and both brothers fled.